A fireworks warning will be broadcast to football fans at Newcastle United in the run-up to Bonfire night.

The safety message "fireworks are explosive, get wise or get hurt" will be heard on the tannoy system at St James' Park for the next three games.

The club were approached by Newcastle City Council to broadcast the message.

Earlier this month one North East boy lost an eye after an accident with fireworks. Craig Dryden, 14, was playing with a group of friends in a field near his home in Ouston, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, when a rocket exploded in his face.